John Thompson (1749-1823)

John Thompson (20 March 1749-30 September 1823) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 7) from 1799 to 1801 (succeeding John Evert Van Alen and preceding David Thomas), from NY-11 from 1807 to 1809 (succeeding Peter Sailly and preceding Thomas R. Gold), and from NY-8 from NY-8 from 1809 to 1811 (succeeding James I. Van Alen and preceding Benjamin Pond).

Biography
John Thompson was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1749, and he became a farmer in Stillwater, New York before commanding a company of Albany militia during the American Revolutionary War. He became a justice of the peace in 1788 and served in the State Assembly from 1788 to 1789, and he went on to serve as Judge of Saratoga County from 1791 to 1809 and as a member of the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801 and from 1807 to 1811. He died in 1823.